<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Markus Kirchweger | AC Group | TU Wien</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/team/markus-kirchweger/</link><atom:link href="https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/team/markus-kirchweger/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Markus Kirchweger</description><generator>Hugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/team/markus-kirchweger/avatar_hu13641380283740575423.jpg</url><title>Markus Kirchweger</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/team/markus-kirchweger/</link></image><item><title>Formally Verified Graph Generation with SAT Modulo Symmetries and Lean</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/formally-verified-graph-generation-with-sat-modulo-symmetries-and-lean/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/formally-verified-graph-generation-with-sat-modulo-symmetries-and-lean/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Graph Choosability via SAT: Beyond the Nullstellensatz</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/graph-choosability-via-sat-beyond-the-nullstellensatz/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/graph-choosability-via-sat-beyond-the-nullstellensatz/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Smart Cubing for Graph Search: A Comparative Study</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/smart-cubing-for-graph-search-a-comparative-study/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/smart-cubing-for-graph-search-a-comparative-study/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Breaking Symmetries in Quantified Graph Search: A Comparative Study</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/breaking-symmetries-in-quantified-graph-search-a-comparative-study/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/breaking-symmetries-in-quantified-graph-search-a-comparative-study/</guid><description/></item><item><title>ASK-SAT: Alternating Symmetry-Breaking Combinatorial Search with SAT</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/project/ask-sat/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/project/ask-sat/</guid><description>&lt;p>Project Acronym: ASK-SAT (Alternating Symmetry-Breaking Combinatorial Search with SAT)&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Funding organization: Austrian Science Fund (&lt;a href="https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FWF&lt;/a>)&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Project number: P 36688&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Grant DOI: &lt;a href="https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-radar/10.55776/P36688" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10.55776/P36688&lt;/a>&lt;/p>
&lt;h2 id="project-team">Project Team&lt;/h2>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/team/stefan-szeider/">Stefan Szeider&lt;/a> (PI)&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/team/markus-kirchweger/">Markus Kirchweger&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/team/tomas-peitl/">Tomas Peitl&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;li>&lt;a href="https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/team/florentina-voboril/">Florentina Voboril&lt;/a>&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;h2 id="topic">Topic&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>Many unsolved problems in discrete mathematics and extremal combinatorics can be stated as whether a combinatorial object with a particular property and size exists.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>The project focuses on developing novel methods for answering such questions using the innovative Satisfiability Modulo Symmetries (SMS) technique. This approach departs from traditional exhaustive search strategies by dynamically identifying and excluding redundant sub-configurations, thus streamlining the search process while utilizing the power of solvers for the propositional satisfiability problem (SAT).&lt;/p>
&lt;p>The project aims to extend the capabilities of SMS to effectively tackle the existence of objects whose defining property requires alternating quantifiers, which present unique challenges beyond the scope of conventional SAT methods. This involves integrating advanced computational tools, including quantified Boolean formulas and symmetry-reasoning technologies.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Through this research, the project aspires to advance the fields of automated reasoning and discrete mathematics.&lt;/p>
&lt;h2 id="software">Software&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>The software tool developed through the project is available via &lt;a href="https://github.com/markirch/sat-modulo-symmetries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GitHub&lt;/a>, the documentation via &lt;a href="https://sat-modulo-symmetries.readthedocs.io/en/latest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the Docs&lt;/a>.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Computing small Rainbow Cycle Numbers with SAT modulo Symmetries</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/computing-small-rainbow-cycle-numbers-with-sat-modulo-symmetries/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/computing-small-rainbow-cycle-numbers-with-sat-modulo-symmetries/</guid><description/></item><item><title>SAT Modulo Symmetries for Graph Generation and Enumeration</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/sat-modulo-symmetries-for-graph-generation-and-enumeration/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/sat-modulo-symmetries-for-graph-generation-and-enumeration/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Satisfiability Modulo User Propagators</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/satisfiability-modulo-user-propagators/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/satisfiability-modulo-user-propagators/</guid><description/></item><item><title>A SAT Solver's Opinion on the Erdős-Faber-Lovász Conjecture</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/a-sat-solver-s-opinion-on-the-erdos-faber-lovasz-conjecture/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/a-sat-solver-s-opinion-on-the-erdos-faber-lovasz-conjecture/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Co-Certificate Learning with SAT Modulo Symmetries</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/co-certificate-learning-with-sat-modulo-symmetries/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/co-certificate-learning-with-sat-modulo-symmetries/</guid><description/></item><item><title>IPASIR-UP: User Propagators for CDCL</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/ipasir-up-user-propagators-for-cdcl/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/ipasir-up-user-propagators-for-cdcl/</guid><description/></item><item><title>SAT-Based Generation of Planar Graphs</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/sat-based-generation-of-planar-graphs/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/sat-based-generation-of-planar-graphs/</guid><description/></item><item><title>A Beam Search for the Shortest Common Supersequence Problem Guided by an Approximate Expected Length Calculation</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/a-beam-search-for-the-shortest-common-supersequence-problem-guided-by-an-approximate-expected-length-calculation-2/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/a-beam-search-for-the-shortest-common-supersequence-problem-guided-by-an-approximate-expected-length-calculation-2/</guid><description/></item><item><title>A Beam Search for the Shortest Common Supersequence Problem Guided by an Approximate Expected Length Calculation</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/a-beam-search-for-the-shortest-common-supersequence-problem-guided-by-an-approximate-expected-length-calculation/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/a-beam-search-for-the-shortest-common-supersequence-problem-guided-by-an-approximate-expected-length-calculation/</guid><description/></item><item><title>A SAT Attack on Rota’s Basis Conjecture</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/a-sat-attack-on-rotas-basis-conjecture/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/a-sat-attack-on-rotas-basis-conjecture/</guid><description/></item><item><title>SAT Modulo Symmetries for Graph Generation</title><link>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/sat-modulo-symmetries-for-graph-generation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://ac.tuwien.ac.at/publication/sat-modulo-symmetries-for-graph-generation/</guid><description/></item></channel></rss>